The Purse Thief
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Table of Contents
1. Welcome & Introduction: The Purse Thief
2. Mini-Story: The Purse Thief
3. Q&A Mini-Story: The Purse Thief with Questions & Answers
4. Grammar Mini-Story: Simple Past
5. POV Mini-Story: Third Person Plural
6. Dialogue: Stop Thief!
Bonus Section: Two Thieves
Appendix #1: Vocabulary
Appendix #2: Structures
Appendix #3: Pronunciation
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Welcome & Introduction
Alright! Welcome back to this fourth and final unit in this module!
Congratulations! You have come a long way and are doing fantastic.
This unit is quite a bit shorter because you will be reviewing everything you learned so far.
And then, you’ll be ready for a test.
What? You don’t like tests?
Okay! Then just think of this as a written exercise. ;)
But only do that after listening to all the mini-stories and doing your exercise for this lesson.
You can also take advantage of the free time to review each of the previous units once more.
This will really help reinforce the things you learned previously and help you master it.
Have fun! And if you have any questions…feel free to ask us.
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Mini-Story: The Purse Thief
Instructions: Read and listen to the story several times every day while you are studying this lesson.
Make sure to work through all of the exercises that we give so that you learn the vocabulary, structure,
and pronunciations correctly.
Julia Hobberts lives in New York City. She is very rich. She has a lot of money.
She puts the money in her purse. She carries it to the bank to make a deposit.
But a thief jumps in front of her. The thief grabs her purse. He starts to run away.
Julia screams her head off. Bobby hears Julia’s screams.
He comes running to see what is the matter. He sees the thief with her purse.
Bobby picks up a rock. He throws it at the thief. The rock hits the thief in the head.
The thief falls down. Bobby picks up Julia’s purse and gives it back to her.
She is so happy. She gives him a big kiss. She takes him out to eat at McDonalds.
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Q&A Mini-Story: The Purse Thief
Instructions: Listen to the story several times and answer each question out loud.
Julia Hobberts lives in New York City.
What is the name of the woman? Julia Hobberts
Where does she live? She lives in New York City.
She is very rich. She has a lot of money.
Is she poor? No, she is very rich.
Does she have money? Yes! She has lots of money.
She puts the money in her purse.
Does she put the money in her pocket? No
Where does she put the money? She puts it in her purse.
She carries it to the bank to make a deposit.
Where does she take the money? To the bank.
Why does she take the money to the bank? To make a deposit.
But a thief jumps in front of her.
Who jumps in front of her? A thief.
What is a thief? Someone who steals money.
The thief grabs her purse.
What does the thief do? He grabs her purse.
Is he bad? Yes, he is very bad.
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He starts to run away.
When does the thief run away? After he grabs her purse.
Will he help her carry her money to the bank? No, he is stealing her money.
Julia screams her head off.
What does Julia do? She screams
When does Julia scream? After the thief runs away.
Bobby hears Julia’s screams.
Who hears Julia’s screams? A man named Bobby.
Is Bobby a policeman? No, he isn’t.
He comes running to see what is the matter.
What does Bobby do? He comes running.
Why does he come running? Because Julia is screaming.
He sees the thief with her purse.
Who does he see? The thief
Does Bobby have Julia’s purse? No, the thief has it.
Bobby picks up a rock.
Does Bobby pick up some money? No, he doesn’t.
What does he pick up? A rock
He throws it at the thief.
What does Bobby throw? A rock
Does he throw the rock at Julie? No, he throws it at the thief.
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The rock hits the thief in the head.
Does Bobby punch the thief’s lights out? No
Where does the rock hit the thief? In the head.
The thief falls down.
Does Bobby fall down? No
Who falls? The thief
Bobby picks up Julia’s purse and gives it back to her.
What does Bobby pick up? Julia’s purse
Does he run away with her money? No. He gives it back to Julia.
She is so happy.
Is Julia happy? Yes
Why is she happy? Because she got her money back.
She gives him a big kiss.
What does Julia do? She kisses Bobby.
Does she kiss the thief? No, she kicks him in the stomach.
She takes him out to eat at McDonalds.
Does Julia take the thief to McDonalds? No, she takes Bobby.
Why does she take Bobby to McDonalds? Because he saved her money.
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Grammar Mini-Story: Simple Past
Instructions: Listen to the story several times to learn how to tell it from another person’s point of view.
Julia Hobberts lived in New York City. She was very rich. She had a lot of money.
She put the money in her purse. She carried it to the bank to make a deposit.
But a thief jumped in front of her. The thief grabbed her purse. He started to run away.
Julia screamed her head off. Bobby heard Julia’s screams.
He came running to see what was the matter. He saw the thief with her purse.
Bobby picked up a rock. He threw it at the thief. The rock hit the thief in the head.
The thief fell down. Bobby picked up Julia’s purse and gave it back to her.
She was so happy. She gave him a big kiss. She took him out to eat at McDonalds.
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POV Mini-Story: Third Person Plural
Instructions: Listen to the story several times to learn how to tell it with a different grammar structure.
Julia and Marie live in New York City. They are very rich. They have a lot of money.
They put the money in their purses. They carry it to the bank to make a deposit.
But a thief jumps in front of them. The thief grabs their purses. He starts to run away.
Julia and Marie scream their heads off. Bobby hears Julia and Marie’s screams.
He comes running to see what is the matter. He sees the thief with their purses.
Bobby picks up a rock. He throws it at the thief. The rock hits the thief in the head.
The thief falls down. Bobby picks up Julia and Marie’s purses and gives the purses back to them.
They are so happy. They give him a big kiss. They take him out to eat at McDonalds.
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Dialogue: Stop Thief!
Instructions: Listen to the dialogue many times until you understand it. Then practice with a friend.
Thief: Feeze lady! Stick ‘em up.
Julia: Ahhhh! What’s going on?
Thief: This is a hold up! Your money or your life!
Julia: What? Who are you?
Thief: I’m thief lady. For cryin’ out loud. Just give me the purse.
Julia: No! I will not give you my purse. It’s a Louis Vuitton. You can’t have it.
Thief: I don’t care what kind of bag it is lady. Give it to me now!
Julia: Hey! Get back her. Give me my bag back! Stop thief! Help! Somebody help me!
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Reading Exercise: Two Thieves
Instructions: This story is similar to your original mini-story except that we change it a little bit just for
fun. It should be similar enough for you to understand, yet different enough to be interesting.
Julia Hobberts lives in Miami. She is very poor. She doesn’t have a lot of money.
She puts all her money in her purse. She carries it to the supermarket to buy food.
But a big thief jumps in front of her. The thief grabs her money. He runs away with her purse.
Julia screams very loudly. A man named Bobby hears Julia screaming.
He comes running quickly to see what is going on. He sees a man with her purse.
Bobby picks up a brick. He throws it at the thief. The brick hits the thief in the leg.
The thief falls down. Bobby picks up Julia’s purse and runs away.
Julia is not happy. She picks up the brick and throws it at Bobby. But it doesn’t hit him.
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